Biography

Selima Harleston Lust is a wife, mother, and co-founder of Iwilla Remedy. Passionate about helping people travel the most graceful path from ill to well, Selima bridges the gaps between your body, your consciousness, and your soul’s evolution. As a clinical herbalist, medical astrologer, and spiritual teacher, Selima's approach to well-being is rooted in deepening the relationship you have with yourself through plant medicine, proactive self-care, and aligned mindfulness. Her aim is to help people reclaim their power after trauma and heal the root causes of physical pain, illness, and disease. Selima offers a variety of herbal medicine products, workshops, and content that helps adults heal from the inside out. Through Iwilla Remedy's signature online mentorship program, Herbal Medicine for the Soul, she teaches adults how to get healthy naturally while addressing the emotional root cause of pain using the CALYPSO Healing Method™. Selima teaches herbalism at Spelman College and has presented for The Shift Network, Dekalb County Public Library, Black Urban Growers, Sex Down South, The Friends School of Atlanta and the NYC Spiritual Herbalism, BIPOC Herbalism and Herbal Entrepreneurship Conferences. Iwilla Remedy's work has been featured in various podcasts as well as Yoga Journal, Mother Earth Living, Refinery29, XONecole, and Well + Good. Selima is a proud graduate of Spelman College (BA), Teachers College Columbia University (MA), the Peace Corps, and SVA apprenticeship program. She continues her training by mentoring under physicians, various seasoned holistic practitioners, and taking graduate-level continuing education courses.